BROKEN FENCES at the Road on Magnolia
Les Spindle – Frontiers L.A. In its West Coast debut, Steven Simoncic’s 2013 portrait of urban gentrification, set in contemporary Chicago, offers intriguing ruminations on the human ramifications of...
View ArticleCONNECT at Theatre 68
Photo by Isabel Wagner Pauline Adamek – Stage Raw Robert Lawrence Nelson’s melodrama about two lonely people finding a connection disappoints on almost all fronts. While the performances from the two...
View ArticleSISSYBOY at Noho Arts Center
James Garcia Photography Les Spindle – Frontiers L.A. In the debut of his solo vehicle, multi-talented James Mellon gives a crash course on his remarkable life, blending fascinating anecdotes and...
View ArticleSEX WITH STRANGERS at the Geffen Playhouse
Photo by Michael Lamont Margaret Gray – LA Times It could be the setup for a Harlequin romance: A beautiful novelist curls on a couch in a bed-and-breakfast in rural Michigan, proofreading a...
View ArticleSUMMER AND SMOKE at the Actors Co-op
Photo by Lindsay Schnebly David C. Nichols – LA Times Summer and Smoke” may stand a little higher in the Tennessee Williams canon after you see an exceptional Actors Co-op revival of the 1947 drama,...
View ArticleELECTRICITY at Two Roads Theatre
Photo by Elizabeth Ige Neal Weaver – Stage Raw Gary (playwright Terry Ray) and Brad (Kevin Scott Allen) are sort of a gay odd couple. Gary is a 28-year-old gay virgin, nerdy and prim, who thinks his...
View ArticleTHE FANTASTICKS at Crown City Theatre
Les Spindle – Frontiers L.A. Known as the world’s longest-running musical (Off-Broadway from 1960-2002), this fanciful fable by composer Now running thhrough June 5 is widely considered a gem....
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL at the Pantages Theatre
Photo by Joan Marcus Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze Stories like this have been told before, many in exactly this way, where a nay-saying parent and a self-doubting inner voice cannot stem the...
View ArticleDEAR WORLD at the Valley Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge
Les Spindle – Edge on the Net The rarely revived musical “Dear World” is by legendary composer-lyricist Jerry Herman (“Mame,” “Hello. Dolly!” “La Cage Aux Folles”) and his two “Mame” collaborators:...
View ArticlePICK OF THE VINE at Little Fish Theatre
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze Little Fish Theater’s annual short-play festival “Pick of the Vine” this year features nine plays touching on the theme “Secrets We Keep.” Bringing meaning and polish...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....